Zygote score and status 1 or 2 days after cleavage and assisted reproduction outcome

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-20

  Álvarez, Cristina ^a   Taronger, Roser ^a   García Garrido, Carmen ^a   González de Merlo, Gaspar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; ; Halo; ; Pronuclear pattern; ; Pronuclear size; ; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; ZYGOTE;

EID: 40649098599     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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